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Had a productive weekend!
I've been painting this mess of Soviet vehicles for a long, long time. And well, I finally finished them. Lord knows, it took a while. I used a method I found on the old Guild website, that I've...
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News All Around, and a Question to the Readership?
Well, there's much to discuss. First, the Battlefront Team Yankee line is just going strong as usual, and what I am seeing is interesting, namely, Oil War!Taken from Battlefront Website It's not just...
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Diecast Car Conversion for 20mm or 1/72 Scale Wargaming
Here is another contribution from our resident modeling talent, Evil Von Scary! Welcome gentle reader to another post from "It's 500 Miles to the German border". I started modifying die-cast and cheap...
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Hey all, I wanted to let everyone know "500 Miles.." is far from dead. I've just had a lot going on RL wise. Nothing bad, all good, just very, very, busy. We have a lot coming up in the pipeline, and...
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A Submission of One Reader's Army in 20mm!
US Forces in Polandby Jorge Del RioAn article for 500 Miles to the German Border This article is solely an overview of the Forces that our group has met or will meet in their attempt to leave Poland....
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Advent Crown - A Module Suitability Review.
M-2 Bradley from 2-156th Infantry, 256th Infantry Brigade (LANG), 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), in the suburbs of Katowice, May 12th, 1997 (AP) It's been a long time since we wrote one of these....
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HMMWV in 28mm
Apologies for my absence from this blog. The US HMMWV is an iconic vehicle in Twilight 2000 (and I have a number of 20mm scale ones somewhere) but this is my first one for 28mm. The Empress kit is...
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Where the Heck Have I Been?
A lot to explain, but I am back, and back to my work bench! Right now, it's all 15mm Sci Fi, as I have an event based on a certain short story I wrote, but it's becoming a life of it's own really....
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Shameless Plug
Almost forgot, my new scenario book, "Red Star, Burning Streets" hit the shelves at Cavalier Books in February. I'm rather happy to finally get a book in print, and all I can say is, BUY THE BOOK! I'd...
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NEW VERSION OF TWILIGHT 2000 Announced!!
Well, it's something we have been hearing rumors of, and now, they're confirmed. I'll just quote the letter from Free League Games, the new developers:A new edition of the classic roleplaying game...
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Ye Gods! It Has Been a Busy Newsday!
It seems the newest edition of the Fanzine "Good Luck, You're On Your Own!" is not only out, but up on DrivethruRPG.net! Both issues can be found for free at DTRPG and are a good read, I highly...
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An Interview With Chris Lites, part of the Free League Publishing Twilight:...
I know it's been a while, but I wanted to have some more information on what's going on with the upcoming Twilight: 2000 4th Edition Kickstarter campaign by Free League Publishing! We've seen some...
View ArticleShort News Post - Introducing "Rad Zone" (New Contest on the Juhlin Forum!)
As quoted from the post linked here:This concept should be familiar to Traveller players and is borrowed shamelessly from the "Amber Zone" concept.Ok, the way this is going to work is this. Please...
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Funded in Seven Minutes...Nice Start if You Ask Me!
Well, it came, it saw, and boy, did the fans conquer. The game was funded in 7 minutes! Not bad for what is considered a "dead game." Well, readers of "500 Miles..." I guess we knew better. What can I...
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FFT 3 and the Twilight War
So, I have been working on my Fistful of Tows 3 armies of late, as I have a ton of unpainted micro armor that I kinda want to turn into painted micro armor. (and have been working to do so, I'll have...
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Another Entry for the Fistful Of Tows Project
Polish 20th Tank Division 1997 for the Fistful of TOWs Twilight: 2000 project I had so much fun writing the previous article, I decided to do another...
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2020, It 'Twas The Best of Times...Nah, Who Are We Kidding, It Stunk?
So, I know I've not been as active of late on the blog, and I am hoping 2021 will be better. Partly, I have a paying gig with these nice folks: https://sjrresearch.tumblr.com/. It has been busy and I...
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US 9th Infantry Division (Light Motorized) for the FFT 3 Project
US 9th Infantry Division (Light Motorized)For the Fistful of TOWs 3 ProjectYeah, the division all the OOB freaks love in Twilight: 2000. I really wanted to do these guys for FFT 3 because they’re just...
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Short News Post - New Company in 28mm I've Discovered?
Well, they're new to me. I'd like to introduce you all to Studio Miniatures. I've seen some of their stuff, and it would fit right in for Twilight: 2000. I especially like the National Guard survivors...
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A Somewhat Longer News Post - Lots Going on These Days!
I promised more, and I am delivering, there's been a lot of developments in the Twilight: 2000 world. First, there's been a release of a new supplement for those fans of US-based campaigns. Namely,...
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